Combining masterful artistry and storytelling with groundbreaking technology, Walt Disney Animation Studios is a filmmaker-driven animation studio responsible for creating some of the most beloved films ever made. Located in Burbank, Walt Disney Animation continues to build on its rich legacy of innovation and creativity. Disney Animation is breaking new ground in episodic storytelling, bringing theatrical quality animation to the series format for Disney+.

Join the Disney Animation Story Team!

We are looking for passionate Story Artists to bring your unique voice to our filmmaking, help us impact audiences worldwide, and elevate our emotional storytelling to new and entertaining heights.

What We Want From You!

• To inspire and support your fellow artists
• To inclusively contribute to the creative exploration and discussions in our Story Rooms
• To flexibly collaborate across a variety of projects spanning features, shorts, parks and resorts, and Disney+ content

What You’ll Do:

• Brainstorm ideas and develop visual Story sequences
• Bring your unique perspective and voice to contribute in Story discussions and pitches
• Collaborate with curiosity, creativity, and inclusion alongside our Directors, Heads of Story, and cross-departmental artists
• Convey the essence of story line, scene structure, and character building in alignment with the direction of our projects
• Develop cinematography, staging, and cutting of sequences
• Further the structure, clarity, and theme of each project
• Maximize a scene’s emotional and comedic entertainment value
• Pitch storyboard work to artists and filmmakers
• Work collaboratively with leaders and production management to meet project deadlines

Requirements:

• Strong drawing skills, ability to work digitally preferred
• Sense of design, appeal, character acting, and composition
• Ability to create emotion, humor, and action through continuity boards; emphasis in specific, nuanced, emotional human acting preferred
• Understanding of film structure, cinematic staging, and cutting
• Ability to work collaboratively
• Professional experience in Feature Films, Streaming Content, Television Series, Comics, or Games as a Story Artist
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

To apply, you must upload a portfolio and a resume consisting of continuity sequences of your best and latest storyboard work. Portfolios must be formatted as any of the following:

• Website with sequences in slideshow format
• Video sharing link for animatics and/or pitches (such as Youtube/Vimeo)
• A multipage PDF file with each board as its own page so we can click through your sequences board by board (you can upload via a Googledrive link)